Order of José Martí

The Order of José Martí (Spanish: Orden José Martí) is a state honor in Cuba. The Order was named so after José Martí, the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.

Notable recipients

Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Mohammad Najibullah, Former General Secretary Of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Armando Hart
Antonio Gades
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of Cape Verde
Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica
Leonid Brezhnev, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Houari Boumediene, President of Algeria
Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen
Kim Il Sung, former President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and former General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso
Todor Zhivkov former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Chairman of the State Council of Bulgaria
Salvador Allende, former President of Chile
Nicolae Ceaușescu former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of Romania
Owen Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados
Hugo Chávez, former President of Venezuela
Gustáv Husák, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Ethiopian Communist military junta Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe
Sam Nujoma, former President of Namibia
Erich Honecker, former General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the State Council of the East Germany
Felipe González, former Prime Minister of Spain
Julius Nyerere, former President of Tanzania
Omar Torrijos, Military Leader of Panama
Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa.
Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine
Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Tomislav Nikolić former President of Serbia
Vladimir Putin President of Russia
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, former President of Mongolia and former General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Demetris Christofias, former President of Cyprus
Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq and former Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)
Fanny Edelman
Marien Ngouabi former President of the People's Republic of the Congo
Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, former President of Vietnam
João Bernardo Vieira, former President of Guinea-Bissau
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Vietnam
Keith Mitchell, former Prime Minister of Grenada